May 18An investment portfolio randomly selected by the WSJ journalists happened to be 22% better than that of the expertsAn interesting experiment was made by the Wall Street Journal journalists. They based it on a jocular statement of the investment world classic Burton Malkiel. Half a century ago, in his book a Random Walk Down Wall Street, he joked that even a blindfolded monkey throwing darts at a newspaper’s…Wsj2 min readWsj2 min read
May 14It is the Day of Ukrainian Righteous among the Nations todayIt is the Day of Remembrance of Ukrainians who saved Jews during World War II in Ukraine today. The State of Israel awards the rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust the honorary title of the Righteous among the Nations. …Ukraine2 min readUkraine2 min read
May 11In Israel, wine of the harvest 2022 was named in honor of the Hero of UkraineIn Israel, rose wine of the harvest 2022 was named Kostia, after Kostiantyn Mrochko from Volyn. Kostiantyn planted the vine, from which this Kostia Rose wine is produced, several years ago in the vineyard of Lev-Adam organic farm in Bat Shlomo near Haifa. He had been working there for more…Ukraine2 min readUkraine2 min read
May 4I have met with the Prime Minister of Romania Nicolae Ionel Ciucă and thanked him for the aid provided to UkraineI have met with the Prime Minister of Romania Nicolae Ionel Ciucă in Bucharest during a meeting of the European Commission’s Working Group on Implementing the EU Strategy on Combating Anti-Semitism and Fostering Jewish Life. I thanked him for the financial, humanitarian, and military aid provided to Ukraine. He assured…Ukraine2 min readUkraine2 min read
May 1Russian invaders executed an Israeli national Alexander Dubovik near Bakhmut“I don’t know if we’ll get out of here. But I have no regrets,” Alexander Dubovik addressed his family in one of his last videos recorded on the battlefield. Alexander was near Bakhmut, his family was in Israel. Born in the city of Dnipro, thirty four year old Dubovik made…Ukraine1 min readUkraine1 min read
Apr 29The number of the righteous people in Uman has grownUman. There are already 23 dead and 9 wounded. Removal of debris is still going on. Russia made its first strike on the city at the very beginning of the full-scale invasion. On the morning of February 24 last year a missile hit within 1,000 meters of the tomb of…Ukraine1 min readUkraine1 min read
Apr 25Happy birthday, Israel!Israel has approached its 75th anniversary in good shape. The Economist ranked it fourth among the most successful economies last year. At the same time it was not always like this. The first years of independence were not easy for the young Jewish state. After winning the war in 1949…Ukraine2 min readUkraine2 min read
Apr 21A smart warning system developed by the Israeli Home Front Command specifically for Ukraine will be tested in KyivNow, during takeoff of the russian bombers and launches of their missiles, air raid alarms cover many regions of Ukraine completely. This may no longer be necessary in the near future. A smart warning system developed by the Israeli Home Front Command specifically for Ukraine will be tested in Kyiv…Ukraine2 min readUkraine2 min read
Apr 20Ben-Zion Raisch, born in 1932 in Chernivtsi, was one of the six people who lit the torches at Yad Vashem on Yom HaShoahDuring the Yom Kippur War, the main threat to the Israeli Air Force was from the Soviet anti-aircraft missile systems in service with Egypt and Syria. …Ukraine2 min readUkraine2 min read
Apr 17Residents of the village of Sidorovichi hid a memorial plaque in honor of the Rabin family, but the Russian invaders stole the Israeli flagIn the small village of Sydorovychi in the north of Kyiv region, there are no Jews living today, but there is an Israeli flag. It is a new flag. Journalist Shimon Briman told its story. Just like today, Sydorovychi was also a small village at the turn of the nineteenth…Ukraine2 min readUkraine2 min read
